ICE: Federal judge sides with Trump in allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship

Washington – On Friday, a federal judge stood up to the Trump administration to allow immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations in places of worship at the present time, despite the lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy.

The American boycott judge, Dabney Friedrich in Washington, refused to give a preliminary judicial order to the prosecutors, more than twenty Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans.

I found that the plaintiffs lack standing, or the legal right to prosecute, as a handful of immigration enforcement procedures were made only in the churches or around them or other places of worship and that evidence at this stage does not show that “places of worship are distinguished as special goals.”

Their main lawyer, Kelissy Corcran, said that the prosecutors are reviewing the decision and evaluating their options.

“We are still concerned about the effects of this policy and we are obligated to protect the foundational rights stipulated in the first amendment and the law of restoring religious freedom,” said Corkran, director of the Supreme Court at the Constitutional Constitution Institute. & protection.

Religious groups argued that politics violated the right to exercise their religion. They said that since President Donald Trump took office in January, the attendees decreased significantly, as some areas showed two percentage declines.

However, the judge found that the groups did not show their drops closely linked to the church policy specifically, unlike the broader increasing procedures through customs enforcement or other agencies.

“This evidence indicates that retirees reside at home to avoid facing ice in their neighborhoods, not because churches or temples are sites with high risk,” wrote Friedrich, who was appointed by the Republican President during his first term.

This means that just the opposite of the policy of worshiping the place of worship does not necessarily mean that immigrants will return to the church.

On January 20, on his first day in his post, the Trump administration canceled the policy of the Ministry of Internal Security, which limits in terms of migrant arrests. Its new policy said that the field agents who use “sound sense” and “discretionary power” can perform immigration enforcement in the areas of worship without the approval of the supervisor.

Prosecutors’ lawyers claimed that the new internal security directives leave from the 30 -year -old government policy against immigration enforcement operations in “protected areas” or “sensitive sites”.

Prosecutors presented a handful of examples of implementation or monitoring, according to the judge’s judgment. They were cited reports of the arrest of a migrant in a Georgia Church and searched for the enforcement of immigration and customs at the Day Care Center in the Georgia Church. Prosecutors are also martyred in four cases of immigration officers who seem to be monitored near religious sites, such as photographing people in the dining line.

This ruling comes at a time when Trump’s campaign strikes courtrooms throughout the country. On Thursday alone, another judge wiped the road in front of the administration to ask people in the country illegally to register with the government even when the Supreme Court ordered the administration to work to return a man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador.

There were at least two other lawsuits for sensitive sites policy. A judge in Maryland has agreed to prevent immigration enforcement of some religious religions, including the Cukeers.

Nevertheless, a judge in Colorado stood up to the administration in another lawsuit, unlike the policy that was limited to arrest immigration in schools.

Despite the immediate setback, prosecutors can continue to pressure their case in the lawsuit.